Published: Apr 06, 2026, 12:45 IST | Updated: Apr 06, 2026, 12:45 IST
The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission just notched a major milestone: They're closer to the moon than they are to Earth. Jacki Mahaffey, a Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, radioed the news to the quartet around midnight EDT (0400 GMT) on Saturday morning (April 4).